The turn of the year

This tweet, in the last five minutes from my friend @Annette1Hardy cleverly pre-empts what I’m going to say tonight:   @MsAlliance Your year of writing a daily one is nearly up, or will you continue? — Annette Hardy (@Annette1Hardy) December 30, 2015  ...

Just chill

It’s a long holiday, isn’t it, Christmas and New Year? We have such busy lives and then, after the build up to Christmas day and the tumult of writing cards and buying and wrapping presents; of planning and executing menus; of discovering that you have...
Friendship and Bajirao

Friendship and Bajirao

I have been in a bad, sad mood all day because of Christmas rollocks and other reasons. It’s funny how little things build up all year like litter in a stream and generally you can fish them out and dispose of them but there are occasionally things you miss and,...

On Christmas stress

  How are the Christmas preparations going? I have unresolved messy lights on a potted tree outside my house. Today I bought baubles and hoped they would magically be placed on this tree but when I returned home this evening, they were still in the hall. I...
Why do they do it?

Why do they do it?

Fellow #thearchers tweetalongers have been exercised for some months now about the revolting, slithery, Machiavellian character of Rob Titchenor, quickly dubbed The Titchyknob. Now that his character has developed in such a sinister way, I can no longer bring myself...